ANZAC Day is a traditional public holiday revered in New Zealand and Australia. It is a time when we remember, with the greatest respect, those who fought for what we all believed to be the freedom and democracy of our people and our countries.
Aussies and Kiwis have always teamed up when fighting in defence of our freedoms and our rights and democracy. From similar geographical locations on the planet, our bonds have been forged in steel — each has the back of the other whenever they have fought together on the frontlines, regardless of whether it was being compelled to obey the appalling orders of English officers to fight their way up a hill in broad daylight at Gallipoli while Turks shot down on them from above, or whether ordered to go ‘over-the-top’ into an impenetrable wall of opposing fire as they charged from rat-infested, muddy trenches in France. There are innumerable other examples, from battle-fronts throughout the world. Whether on land, water, or in the air, they fought alongside each other with that impenetrable bond: Brothers-in-Arms. Sisters, too.
Speak to New Zealanders and Australians about the ANZACs and you will see an immense pride for what these men and women were willing to give to defend their countries.
Most of us have ancestors who put their lives on the line for what we all thought was a battle to retain our Human Rights, such as the Right not to be deprived of life; not to be subjected to torture or cruel treatment; the Right not to be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation; the Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment. Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion. Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly, Association and Movement. Also Freedom from Discrimination, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, Liberty, and the Right to Justice — among others.
In commemoration of ANZAC Day this year I acknowledge and honour some outstanding former members of the NZDF who have displayed extraordinary courage and fortitude in their efforts to protect and defend the basic rights and freedoms that New Zealanders and Australians — the ANZACs — always understood they went to war to defend.
There are a wider group of supporters, but approximately 50 courageous New Zealanders were those who stood, resolute, over the past four years, exercising their right to decline a medical treatment, as outlined in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
Their story could fill a book but, in brief, in November, 2021, the government introduced mandates (except for MPs and over 11,000 health workers who were exempted, which really tells us all we need to know.) This was a tool they used to attempt to compel most Kiwis to take an experimental gene-based tech injection, falsely alleging it was ‘safe and effective’. By December, the NZDF and police were also mandated.
In response to mounting pressure to be injected, a group of NZDF personnel steadfastly continued to stand for their Human Rights. They formed a group known as United We Stand, comprised of members of the NZDF and the NZ Police. They were later joined by members of FENZ (Fire Emergency NZ). The key Human Rights they referred to were: (11) the Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment; (15) the Right to manifestation of religion and belief; and (19) The Right to be free from discrimination.
Four members (two NZDF personnel and two NZ Police ) representing at least 100 others) stepped up and challenged the mandate in the High Court. In February, 2022, the High Court ruled in favour of the four and found the mandate to be unlawful (Yardley vs Workplace Relations and Safety).
The NZDF refused to engage with the United We Stand group and in May 2022 issued an internal ‘vaccine’ mandate, that effectively ignored the High Court Judgment. Bear in mind, this was not what the public understood as a ‘vaccine’. It was an experimental genetically modifying injection that had never before been unleashed on the public, the contents of it were never made public and severe side effects were only known by a select few before it was unleashed. It was not ‘safe and effective’.
In September 2022, in a separate case to the one above, four members of the Armed Forces challenged the internal NZDF mandate. The High Court ‘found’ the internal ‘vaccine’ mandate to be lawful. (This leaves a layperson like me wondering how a court could ever justly decide NZDF personnel could have their basic Human Rights violated and be forced to have an experimental gene-modifying jab, or lose their jobs. Most of the NZ public were also unlawfully mandated and any refusing lost their jobs as well, in complete violation of their human rights.)
Subsequently, in December 2022 — just before Christmas — the NZDF discharged dozens of service personnel for failure to receive the experimental gene-based therapy injection — the same injection Dr David Martin described to the European parliament as a bio-weapon.
Undaunted, in April 2023, this indomitable group took the case to the Court of Appeal and won in Feb 2024, with the Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the four NZDF personnel, stating the mandate was an unjustified limit on Human Rights, as the NZDF failed to show why less restrictive measures, like those used by the British Armed Forces — requiring the COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ only for certain operations rather than a blanket requirement for all — wouldn’t be sufficient. This was a great day in NZ to celebrate genuine justice. Details here.
Yet the NZDF continued to retain their mandate and appealed to the Supreme Court where, astoundingly, the Court of Appeal decision was overturned in April 2025.
A recent press statement on the decision was released by this courageous group on 11 April 2025: “Today the Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling that the internal NZDF vaccine mandate was unlawful. In February 2024 the Court of Appeal had ruled that the internal NZDF vaccine mandate was an unjustified limitation on human rights and was unlawful. This was because the NZDF had not been able to prove why less restricting measures, such as that taken by the British Armed Forces, would not have been sufficient. The Supreme Court overturned this, effectively saying that because the evidence regarding the British Armed Forces approach was introduced late [and] that the NZDF did not have enough opportunity to address it. We struggle with this argument because the NZDF had an opportunity to seek leave to get more evidence on this point but never did.”
The group further stated: “We believe that this Ruling makes a number of errors of law due to being overly influenced to support a political agenda, rather than provide justice. This Ruling sets a very dangerous precedent and enables government authorities to overly limit our Human Rights without being properly held to account by the justice system.”
They mentioned that as a result of the Ruling, dozens of Defence Force personnel that were discharged for declining a medical treatment will remain so and have no avenue for reinstatement.
It was further noted that “The most significant part of this Ruling is that the Supreme Court has ordered the applicants to pay over $30,000 in costs to the Crown. Similar cases have almost never taken this approach because they recognised the Public Interest in cases involving the Bill of Rights. Additionally, the Crown has almost unlimited resources so there is no need for them to be reimbursed for an Appeal they initiated. This seems to be a purely vindictive action with a clear message that if you challenge the Agenda you will be punished.”
This was a very dark day for New Zealanders.
This group of four had stood, not only for themselves, but also for around 50 others of the group, United We Stand. They also stood for fellow service personnel, and those who would come after them that would otherwise be forced to take an experimental jab if they wanted to join the NZDF. And they stood for all New Zealanders who expect their Human Rights to be honoured and kept sacrosanct.
In true ANZAC form, under immense pressure, cost, and through loss of livelihoods, they remained resolute in their determination to seek justice in defence of their rights, and in so-doing, also the rights of all NZ service men and women — and New Zealanders. Quite simply, it seems they put all they valued on the line to stand for the key principles for which ANZACs had traditionally stood and gone to war to defend.
These men of honour, courage and integrity who stood for Human Rights are now faced with finding new careers and mending the damage caused to their lives. All for defending principles we hold as paramount. Again, these are the same principles the ANZACs went to war for and put their lives on the line for regardless of the cost.
This ANZAC Day there will again be marches throughout the country. Prayers will be spoken and wreaths laid. The Last Post will cut through the silence, visibly moving all present. Heads will bow in respect. The fourth stanza of the poem known as the Ode of Remembrance — written by Laurence Binyon in 1914 — will once again be spoken, creating a deep feeling within every soul at the Service, as it has always done:
Speak to New Zealanders and Australians about the ANZACs and you will see an immense pride for what these men and women were willing to give to defend their countries.
Most of us have ancestors who put their lives on the line for what we all thought was a battle to retain our Human Rights, such as the Right not to be deprived of life; not to be subjected to torture or cruel treatment; the Right not to be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation; the Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment. Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion. Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly, Association and Movement. Also Freedom from Discrimination, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, Liberty, and the Right to Justice — among others.
In commemoration of ANZAC Day this year I acknowledge and honour some outstanding former members of the NZDF who have displayed extraordinary courage and fortitude in their efforts to protect and defend the basic rights and freedoms that New Zealanders and Australians — the ANZACs — always understood they went to war to defend.
There are a wider group of supporters, but approximately 50 courageous New Zealanders were those who stood, resolute, over the past four years, exercising their right to decline a medical treatment, as outlined in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
Their story could fill a book but, in brief, in November, 2021, the government introduced mandates (except for MPs and over 11,000 health workers who were exempted, which really tells us all we need to know.) This was a tool they used to attempt to compel most Kiwis to take an experimental gene-based tech injection, falsely alleging it was ‘safe and effective’. By December, the NZDF and police were also mandated.
In response to mounting pressure to be injected, a group of NZDF personnel steadfastly continued to stand for their Human Rights. They formed a group known as United We Stand, comprised of members of the NZDF and the NZ Police. They were later joined by members of FENZ (Fire Emergency NZ). The key Human Rights they referred to were: (11) the Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment; (15) the Right to manifestation of religion and belief; and (19) The Right to be free from discrimination.
Four members (two NZDF personnel and two NZ Police ) representing at least 100 others) stepped up and challenged the mandate in the High Court. In February, 2022, the High Court ruled in favour of the four and found the mandate to be unlawful (Yardley vs Workplace Relations and Safety).
The NZDF refused to engage with the United We Stand group and in May 2022 issued an internal ‘vaccine’ mandate, that effectively ignored the High Court Judgment. Bear in mind, this was not what the public understood as a ‘vaccine’. It was an experimental genetically modifying injection that had never before been unleashed on the public, the contents of it were never made public and severe side effects were only known by a select few before it was unleashed. It was not ‘safe and effective’.
In September 2022, in a separate case to the one above, four members of the Armed Forces challenged the internal NZDF mandate. The High Court ‘found’ the internal ‘vaccine’ mandate to be lawful. (This leaves a layperson like me wondering how a court could ever justly decide NZDF personnel could have their basic Human Rights violated and be forced to have an experimental gene-modifying jab, or lose their jobs. Most of the NZ public were also unlawfully mandated and any refusing lost their jobs as well, in complete violation of their human rights.)
Subsequently, in December 2022 — just before Christmas — the NZDF discharged dozens of service personnel for failure to receive the experimental gene-based therapy injection — the same injection Dr David Martin described to the European parliament as a bio-weapon.
The ANZACs stood for our Human Rights, our freedom and our democracy.
It is time for all New Zealanders to peacefully stand with them. — MH
Undaunted, in April 2023, this indomitable group took the case to the Court of Appeal and won in Feb 2024, with the Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the four NZDF personnel, stating the mandate was an unjustified limit on Human Rights, as the NZDF failed to show why less restrictive measures, like those used by the British Armed Forces — requiring the COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ only for certain operations rather than a blanket requirement for all — wouldn’t be sufficient. This was a great day in NZ to celebrate genuine justice. Details here.
Yet the NZDF continued to retain their mandate and appealed to the Supreme Court where, astoundingly, the Court of Appeal decision was overturned in April 2025.
A recent press statement on the decision was released by this courageous group on 11 April 2025: “Today the Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling that the internal NZDF vaccine mandate was unlawful. In February 2024 the Court of Appeal had ruled that the internal NZDF vaccine mandate was an unjustified limitation on human rights and was unlawful. This was because the NZDF had not been able to prove why less restricting measures, such as that taken by the British Armed Forces, would not have been sufficient. The Supreme Court overturned this, effectively saying that because the evidence regarding the British Armed Forces approach was introduced late [and] that the NZDF did not have enough opportunity to address it. We struggle with this argument because the NZDF had an opportunity to seek leave to get more evidence on this point but never did.”
The group further stated: “We believe that this Ruling makes a number of errors of law due to being overly influenced to support a political agenda, rather than provide justice. This Ruling sets a very dangerous precedent and enables government authorities to overly limit our Human Rights without being properly held to account by the justice system.”
They mentioned that as a result of the Ruling, dozens of Defence Force personnel that were discharged for declining a medical treatment will remain so and have no avenue for reinstatement.
It was further noted that “The most significant part of this Ruling is that the Supreme Court has ordered the applicants to pay over $30,000 in costs to the Crown. Similar cases have almost never taken this approach because they recognised the Public Interest in cases involving the Bill of Rights. Additionally, the Crown has almost unlimited resources so there is no need for them to be reimbursed for an Appeal they initiated. This seems to be a purely vindictive action with a clear message that if you challenge the Agenda you will be punished.”
This was a very dark day for New Zealanders.
This group of four had stood, not only for themselves, but also for around 50 others of the group, United We Stand. They also stood for fellow service personnel, and those who would come after them that would otherwise be forced to take an experimental jab if they wanted to join the NZDF. And they stood for all New Zealanders who expect their Human Rights to be honoured and kept sacrosanct.
In true ANZAC form, under immense pressure, cost, and through loss of livelihoods, they remained resolute in their determination to seek justice in defence of their rights, and in so-doing, also the rights of all NZ service men and women — and New Zealanders. Quite simply, it seems they put all they valued on the line to stand for the key principles for which ANZACs had traditionally stood and gone to war to defend.
These men of honour, courage and integrity who stood for Human Rights are now faced with finding new careers and mending the damage caused to their lives. All for defending principles we hold as paramount. Again, these are the same principles the ANZACs went to war for and put their lives on the line for regardless of the cost.
This ANZAC Day there will again be marches throughout the country. Prayers will be spoken and wreaths laid. The Last Post will cut through the silence, visibly moving all present. Heads will bow in respect. The fourth stanza of the poem known as the Ode of Remembrance — written by Laurence Binyon in 1914 — will once again be spoken, creating a deep feeling within every soul at the Service, as it has always done:
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them. We will remember them.
Members of Parliament, Defence Force personnel, and every-day New Zealanders and Australians will march at dawn to a war memorial in their area, in commemoration of the Fallen.
The top brass will be there, paying their respects to those in the NZDF who paid the ultimate price to defend our democracy and our freedom and Human Rights in times past, while, in my opinion, (and that of many thousands of New Zealanders) having spent the past four years carrying out a lengthy campaign to try and crush all NZDF personnel who strongly stood to defend our democracy and our freedom and our Human Rights today.
The politicians and their vast array of bureaucratic departments have also been relentless in their attempts to obliterate anyone attempting to exercise their basic Human Rights, their freedom and their democracy. Their heads should all be bowed in shame on this day for any part they have played in trying to destroy the very principles our ANZACs fought so hard to defend.
Ultimately, the qualities of the indomitable human spirit will always win over tyranny and oppression — no matter how great the odds. — MH
The NZDF staff who refused to comply to a violation of their Human Rights paid a great price for their stand. There was immense pressure put upon them. Most lost their livelihoods and, in some cases, suffered fractured relationships of family and friends. There were others in the NZDF who agreed with those who stood firm but felt forced to take the experimental jab against their will for personal reasons. No-one should ever be put in such an inhumane position.
The servicemen remain resolute and said:
“As current and ex-members of the NZDF, we have all made a choice to serve New Zealand and the values that it is built upon. Although we are very disappointed in this Ruling, we have no regrets in the stand that we have made for what is right. We encourage others to not be discouraged by this result, but instead to continue to stand for what is right.”
One member of the group, Daniel, added: “Despite this Ruling from the Supreme Court, there is one higher Judge that we will rely upon to give us Justice in the End.”
That is courage. And integrity.
New Zealanders: We have marched in respect for our ANZACs since the end of World War One. That’s over 100 years ago. Don’t you think the ANZACs would be getting a bit impatient with waiting for us ALL to get off our knees and peacefully and resolutely stand for our country, our freedom, our democracy and our Human Rights as well? THAT was what they fought for and that is what the courageous NZDF personnel fought for, too. THAT is what NZDSOS and so many others in the freedom movement are standing for as well.
It is time for ALL of us to now stand and peacefully take our country back. If you are unable to speak up, start conversations with friends and loved ones. Question. Research. And donate to help these brave and true NZDF personnel get back on their feet. Donations to assist these courageous Kiwis can be made to www.unitedwestand.nz/donate. Please, give if you can.
To the four courageous servicemen, representing and standing for our democracy, freedom and Human Rights — not only for themselves but for all New Zealanders — I would say this:
Like the majority of Kiwi families, my family suffered devastating losses of loved ones in world wars. I have also been fortunate to have known and talked at length with one or two of New Zealand’s most courageous soldiers of WW2. They are all among those for whom ANZAC Day was created. Today, it is you they would have saluted. It is you they would have backed to the hilt. And it is YOU they would have thanked. Thank you.
Image – freepik.com / KJPargetter.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner
Mary Hobbs published the award-winning New Zealand Outside magazine for 10 years. This article was first published HERE
4 comments:
First I would like to see the age of conscription raised to fifty and over and include every sitting MP. This would most certainly quench their thirst for war and protect our youth from becoming their sacrificial lambs. Placing MPs and 11,000 health workers outside the mandatory experimental jab programme reminds me of Animal Farm where some pigs are more equal than others. No wonder these sitting MPs chose to cower inside the Beehive than face the protestors and explain why they were exempt.
Thank you Mary for this outstanding tribute to a group of fine servicemen that any country (except NZ, apparently) would be proud to acknowledge. We are now, as a nation, in the grip of a malevolent cadre of gutless, witless ideologues and traitors. But, of course, we get the Govt and the justice system that we tolerate or deserve. How long we continue to tolerate it is the unknown factor. Please providence it is for not much longer.
I had five great uncles who served overseas during WW2 (am yet to research who served during the Great War)
Two of them were related through marriage with one a US marine.
Miraculously they all survived their respective theatres or war but not without cost that effected their remaining lives, and it was only those final years when they spoke of their experiences.
I'd like to think their service meant something that we can still honor.
We will remember them (and a lot of us do respectfully).
Lest we forget.
My father and his generation fought for democracy, Ardern, and now Luxon are wilfully destroying it from within.
And the succeeding generations have no idea or understanding of what is about to hit them.
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